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Breaking Down Steve Smith's Deal

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What I see in this deal is there's not way he can finish this contract. The first three years are manageable but when his base salary jumps to $9m and he's 36-37 years old it get's hairy. If there was no salary cap I'd pay him $15m a year until he was 50 but we do have to keep his number low for the rest of the team.

Thats about the time he will retire honestly.

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You know, there are some who will say that Smitty's occasional fits of temper disqualify him from consideration as an example of what the best in being a Panther is all about, but I would beg to differ. I think on the whole, he has been the ultimate team player, and I would like to cast my vote early to see him in bronze near Sam Mills when he hangs up his cleats.

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We only had $440,000 cap room prior to this deal. This explains why we haven't made Jordan Senn's re-signing official yet.

We freed up $4.74 million with this deal now have approx 5.18mil in cap room.

Look for us to re-sign Shockey as well as another 3rd tier FA like Jason Brown or Rocky McIntosh w/that cap room.

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Smith's deal is appropriate for his age and future potential. Smith knows that you don't get huge deals at 32 if you aren't a quarterback. He got good money but it was likely less than he could have gotten elsewhere not more. I don't think he got less because of a bad reputation but I do think he did give us a hometown discount. He told us that he wanted to stay here because of his family and Smith puts family above all else. Look at how many deals other guys with a few issues get as long as they are productive. He was top 5 in the league last year. He has been pretty much a choir boy for the past few years.

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You know, there are some who will say that Smitty's occasional fits of temper disqualify him from consideration as an example of what the best in being a Panther is all about, but I would beg to differ. I think on the whole, he has been the ultimate team player, and I would like to cast my vote early to see him in bronze near Sam Mills when he hangs up his cleats.

Smitty is a GREAT WR.

Hasn't been a great teammate or lockerroom guy overall based on reports. He has punched a reported 3 teammates, in 2008 the team told him they always had to walk on egg shells around, and he was a dick as recently as 2010 to a QB put in a situation to fail making life much harder on the kid.

Smith is one of the most talented WRs I have ever had the pleasure to watch.....but homersim gets out of control. So now I am painted as a Smitty hater bc I wont buy into this illusion he has been an ideal teammate?

Smitty is a great WR, seems like a good guy off the field......but nothing suggests he has been a great teammate overall. But who cares....that aint a requirement for him to be a great Panther. Put painting these false pictures of guys is silly.

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